[Freeware] SMPlayer 0.6.5.1

SMPlayer



SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more.

One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave... don´t worry, when you open that movie again it will resume at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume...<

Other additional interesting features:

* Configurable subtitles. You can choose font and size, and even colors for the subtitles.
* Audio track switching. You can choose the audio track you want to listen. Works with avi and mkv. And of course with DVDs.
* Seeking by mouse wheel. You can use your mouse wheel to go forward or backward in the video.
* Video equalizer, allows you to adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and gamma of the video image.
* Multiple speed playback. You can play at 2X, 4X... and even in slow motion.
* Filters. Several filters are available: deinterlace, postprocessing, denoise... and even a karaoke filter (voice removal).
* Audio and subtitles delay adjustment. Allows you to sync audio and subtitles.
* Advanced options, such as selecting a demuxer or video & audio codecs.
* Playlist. Allows you to enqueue several files to be played one after each other. Autorepeat and shuffle supported too.
* Preferences dialog. You can easily configure every option of SMPlayer by using a nice preferences dialog.
* Translations: currently SMPlayer is translated into more than 20 languages, including Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese....
* It´s multiplatform. Binaries available for Windows and Linux.
* SMPlayer is under the GPL license.

What's New in version 0.6.5.1:

* Fix: The portable version didn't compile.
* Fix: Mplayer could fail in the first run, complaining about an unknown -no-correct-pts option. This only happens if using a recent version of mplayer (r26842 or above).

Download here
SIZE: 12.21MB

[Freeware] Auslogics Disk Defrag 1.5.19.330

Auslogics Disk Defrag 1.5.19.330



Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startup and shutdown and sometimes to system failures. Auslogics Disk Defrag is designed for fast optimization of today´s modern hard disks. Get the maximum performance out of your expensive hardware investments, improve your computer´s performance and stability.

Hard disks are by far the slowest component in your computer. CPU and memory work much faster than hard disks because they do not have moving parts. Therefore fragmented disks often become a bottleneck of the system performance. Besides causing slowdowns, fragmentation makes the hard drive disk heads move frequently when reading files which leads to freeze-ups and system crashes. It is important to keep your disks defragmented and optimized as much as possible.

Features:

* Increase your productivity - no more waiting for files to open
* Defragment disks in only a few minutes
* Useful disk fragmentation map and detailed fragmentation report

What's New in version 1.5.19.330:

* added a console utility that lets schedule disk defragmentation
* added single folder or file defragmentation
* improved program interface, as well as the chart and disk data display on first page
* improved defragmentation algorithm; now the program speed has increased by approximately 5%
* eliminated program freezes occurring after pausing the program
* added SafeBoot program support
* fixed bugs leading to program freezes
* fixed BSOD for computers that have Kaspersky Internet Security installed
* improved report appearance
* various minor improvements

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SIZE: 1.64MB

[Freeware] PC Screen Capture

Here is one simple utility to capture your screen -

PC Screen Capture 2.01



PC Screen Capture is one free powerful, lightweight, full-featured screen capture tool for Windows platform, It allows you to take screenshots from any part of your screen in four ways, you can capture full desktop, active window, selected area and selected object, and save images in BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG formats.

PC Screen Capture is very easy to use and user friendly!

Features:

* Capture active windows.
* Capture selected area.
* Capture selected objects, toolbar, menus.
* Capture full screen, full desktop.
* Save in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG formats.
* Easy to use and user friendly.
* No need install, it can run from USB.
* Support operating system: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista
* Freeware, you can use it free for personal, commercial use.


Download Here
SIZE: 506 KB

The Google SMS Channel

The official site of the Google sms channel says:

Google sms channels is a service that enables channels/groups on SMS. It's a free service that enables you to get premium content published by Google publishing partners, Google popular products (Google News, Blogger and Google Groups) and websites with RSS/Atom support for free. SMS Channels allows you to create your own channel(s) to publish content that other users can subscribe to. You can also create groups over SMS to communicate with your friends, family, and co-workers.

I have created a channel for this site. I will post a review of it once I get enough input about its working, reliability and hassle free operation. You can try subscribing to it and see it you receive updates from this site.

The new Nokia N82 Firmware - v30.0.019

The new Nokia N82 Firmware - v30.0.019
23-07-08; RM-313
Nokia N82 (25.01)

You can check the change log here.

So should you go ahead and update to the latest firmware -

Well based on my experience, I would not recommend anyone to update immediately for following reasons -

1. You main screen is now even more cramped with the "Search: Internet and my content" taking 2 lines. (Though "google" has been added to the list of search services)

2. The m-blog / VOX / Share online takes up another line. So your main screen is now a mess...

3. I don't see any improvement in the sound quality of my phone

4. I don't see any difference in the way the videos play

5. My phone hangs more than before..

So instead of wasting your bandwidth and time downloading around 140 MB, just wait for a few more days to get a better picture and then go ahead with your update.

NOTE: This review is based on the preliminary use of my phone. I may have missed out on some significant improvements. Will update this page as and when I come across the improvements / glitches, if any. Comments will be appreciated.

Bank locations in India with IFSC Code

Check this site to get all the relevant details about a bank branch you are searching for including the IFSC code and the website of the bank -

http://banklocations.in/

Map Windows Key to "Start" in Ubuntu

If you thought that your "windows" key would be worthless in Ubuntu, rethink!!!

You can map your "windows" key to "start" in Ubuntu by following these simple steps:

1. Go to the System \ Preferences \ Keyboard Shortcuts
2. Select "Show the panel menu"
3. Press the "windows" key when "New accelerator…" appears.
4. Close the window and DONE!!!

This is a very easy and useful thing to do with Ubuntu...